The SEP Ciencias II work guide packs many expected learnings into few class hours (e.g., 5 learnings in 6 hours for Block 1 and 8 in 5 hours for Block 2), which teachers find hard to cover¶

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q2 i? The SEP work guide's example didactic sequences for Ciencias II Blocks 1 and 2 assign 5 and 8 expected learnings to 6 and 5 class hours respectively, and Blocks 3 and 4 assign 7 and 6 learnings to 6 hours each. → Alfonso Cuervo 2008

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Alfonso Cuervo 2008¶

Alfonso Cuervo, César Mora y R. García-Salcedo. (2008). Analysis of the Educative Reform in the Secondary School Education in Mexico and its implications in Science II in the new curriculum. http://www.journal.lapen.org.mx

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Analysis of Table V of the SEP Ciencias II work guide: Block 1 lists 5 expected learnings in 6 hours and Block 2 lists 8 in 5 hours; the article states that for Blocks 3 and 4 "la guía de trabajo pretende alcanzar 7 y 6 aprendizajes esperados respectivamente en un tiempo de 6 horas", and Block 5 has no stated total time.

"En los ejemplos de secuencia para los bloques 3 y 4, la guía de trabajo pretende alcanzar 7 y 6 aprendizajes esperados respectivamente en un tiempo de 6 horas."

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